Cattle ringer and leader.



P. DEUTSCHMAN.

CATTLE RINGER AND LEADER. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 13. I916- 1 ,236,276. Patented Aug. 7, I917.

AT'TO RN EY PETER DEUTSCHMAN, OF WESTBROOK, MINNESOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CATTLE RINGER AND LEADER.

Patented Au "Z, 191?.

Application filed October 13, 1916. Serial No. 125,421.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER DEUTSCHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vestbrook, in the county of Cottonwood and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Cattle Ringer and Leader, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to cattle ringers and leaders, and its object is to provide a device by which the septum in the nose of cattle may be pierced for the application of a ring, or the ringing device may be utilized as a leading means without piercing the septum.

In accordance with the invention there is provided a tong-like instrument having opposed handles each terminating in a return portion extending to the opposite side of a connecting pivot from the side on which the respective handle is located. The return ,portions constitute jaws, which together have a lateral spread and are sufiiciently separated both laterally and longitudinally of the instrument to permit introduction of the extremities into the nose of the animal to be ringed or led in such manner as to engage on opposite sides of the septum nasi. One of the jaw members is provided with a punch and a quick-acting screw for moving the screw against the other jaw member, which then serves as an anvil, the punch removing a portion of the septum through which a ring may later be passed.

One handle member carries a link which may be engaged over the other handle member, and said other handle member is provided with suitable grooves into which the link may be seated, thereby holding the aw ends of the device together, while one of the handle members is 1 provided with a set screw so arranged as to constitute an adjustable stop for determining the approach of the matching ends of the jaws. By providing a suitable ring, especially a ring having a flattened portion adapted to engage behind the link when connecting the handles, the device may be utilized as a leadlng device with the handles fast together and the jaws gripping the opposite sides of the septum nasi without necessarily piercing it.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications come within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device with the leading ring attached.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of one jaw and a portion of the matching jaw.

Fig. 3 is a detail section through the link joining the two handles and showing the leading ring in place.

Referring to the drawings there are shown two handle members 1 and 2 of suitable length and shape, and while these handle members are shown as substantially straight, it will be understood that they may be of any other appropriate shape. The two handle members are joined together by a pivot screw or bolt 3 about which the handles may be rocked as desired. The handle member- 1 beyond the pivot bolt 3 is bent to form a substantially right-angle continuation 4:, which is again bent in a direction away from the handles as shown at 5, and then formed with a return portion 6 extending toward the longitudinal center line of the device for a distance. The return portion 6 carries a tubular member 7 which may or may not be made in one piece therewith, and in case the parts are made separately the tubular member is screwed into the extension 6, the latter being initially screwthreaded for the purpose, as shown at 8.

The interior of the tubular member 7 is formed with long pitch screw threads 9, and extending lengthwise through the tubular member 7 is a stem 10 with long pitch screw threads 11 matching the screw threads 9, so that on turning the stem 10 about its longitudinal axis it is made to progress quickly in one direction or the other. At one end the stem may be smooth beyond the screw threads 11, and then reduced and screw threaded, as shown at 12, to receive a tubular cutter 13 having a cutting end 14. The other end of the stem 10 is screw threaded as indicated at 15, to receive lock nuts 16, while the end of the threaded portion 15 of the stem 10 remote from the threads 11 is provided with a manipulating wheel 17, which in the particular showing of the drawings has peripheral notches 17 shaped and spaced to readily seat the thumb and fingers of the hand.

The handle member 2 beyond the pivot screw 3 is bent at an angle to form a continuation 18 and extends oppositely to the part 4 oi the other handle. At the extremity of the part 18 the latter is continued by a gentle curve 19 into a return portion 20 arranged in opposition to but in line with the tubular extension 7. The parts 4, 5, 6 and 7 constitute one jaw of the device, and because it carries the cutting tool may be termed the cutting jaw of the device. The parts 18, 19 and 20 constitute the other or anvil jaw of the device, and the active extremity of the anvil jaw is formed with a socket 21 in which is lodged a block 22 of lead or copper or other soft material against which the cutting edge 14 may engage without liability of injury to it. The wide spread of the aws and spacing of the active portions of the jaws from the handles provide for readily straddling the septum nasi of the animal with the main portion of the device exterior to the nose.

A set screw 23 carried by the jaw 2 into position to engage the jaw 1 and located but a short distance from the pivot 23 constitutes a stop member regulating the approach of the working ends of the aws and also performing another function which will presently appear. The end of the handle 1 remote from the jaw end of the device pivotally carries a link 24 capable of receiving the corresponding end or the other jaw 2 and the latter is provided with notches 25 into either of which the link 24 may lodge to be there held by pressure exerted by the set screw 23 upon the two handles, so that when the jaws are held together by the link and the screw 23 is tightened, the jaws will remain secured together by the link.

There is also provided a permanently closed ring 26 having a straight or flat portion 27 of a length to bear against the link 24 when the latter is in position holding the handles 1 and 2 together, and is held seated ina respective one of the notches 25 by pressure due to the screw 23. The ring 26 serves asa means for attaching a leading rope 28.

hen it is desired to pierce the septum n'asi tor the ultimate reception of a leading ring to remain attached to the animal, the

jaws of the tool are opened sufliciently and applied to opposite sides of the septum and then by a quick turn of the hand wheel 17 the cutter 14, previously retracted, is rapidly projected toward the anvil block 22 and is forced through the septum with such rapidity that a hole is produced through the septum before the animal becomes aware of it, and it is an easy matter to remove the piercing tool from the nose of the animal before there is a chance of injury to the animal by the latter shaking its head and being hit by the tool still carried by the nose of the animal.

The lock nuts 16 serve to limit the proj ection 'ot' the cutter 14, or in the event of the tool being used as a leading instrument the cutter may be retracted and locked so that the septum is engaged only by the bluntends of the jaws with the jaws close enough together to prevent escape of the tool or piercing device from the nose of the animal. Since the cutter 14 is removable different sizes of cutters may be used.

What is claimed is 1. A nose piercing tool for cattle, com prising two opposed jaw members pivoted together and each provided with a hai'zdle, one jaw membe terminating in an anvil. eX- treinity and the other in a blunt extremity movable toward and from the anvil, the second named j ai'v member carrying a quickacting screw stem with "a cutting device m'ov able through and retractable into the blunt portion or the jaw member, whereby the anvil and blunt end of the two jaw members may be employed to grasp the septum nasi of an animal for holding and leading purposes and the quick-acting screw stem may be turned to project the cutting device for piercing the septum nasi while held be tween the anvil and blunt end of the jaw op posed to it. A

2. A nose piercing tool for cattle, comprising two opposed jaw members pivoted together and each provided with a handle, one jaw member terminating in an anvil extremi ty and the other jaw member having a blunt end toward the anvil extremity of the first jaw member, said second. jaw member carrying a cutter movable through and retractable into and supported wholly by the said blunt jaw member, whereb the latter constitutes both a grasping anc a piercing member.

3. A. nose piercing tool for cattle, com.- prising two laterally spread jaws pivoted together and provided with handles, the jaws having return portions spaced away from thepivot point of thejaws and directed one toward the other, one jaw constituting an anvil and the other jaw having a cutter movable toward and from the anvil and provided with a quick-acting screw for moving the cutter into and out of engagement with my own, I have hereto afi'lxed my signature the anvil, said quick-acting screw having a in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

manipulating part for turning the screw, PETER DEUTSCHMAN. and a threaded portion and lock nuts on Witnesses: 5 said threaded portion. JULIUS G. WOLFE, In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as DAVID CoNNIT.

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